In the world of Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, we typically find someone by their username. On messenger apps, however, we still largely find and save a new contact with a ...

Signal Messenger expressed its intent to remove the SMS feature for its Android app in the future, and the company is doing this to further improve security and better what it delivers to the public.

Signal Messenger rolled out a new feature on its app, and it does not require a person to retain their old phone numbers to keep a conversation on one's account. Users can change phone numbers now and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Despite its continued dominance of the secure messaging space, now ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said that Signal, an encrypted messaging app, had been blocked in the country for violating laws linked to anti-terrorist ...

Signal is the easiest way to send encrypted messages on Android. It's a complete replacement for your existing SMS app letting you send unencrypted messages to non-Signal users, and even make ...

Users of major privacy-oriented messaging app Signal can now support the project with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). Signal officially announced Monday that the platform has started accepting ...

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left Facebook in 2017 to start a non-profit. Turns out that non-profit involves another messaging app: Signal. In a blog post, Signal chief Moxie Marlinspike has ...

Before last Tuesday, I was vaguely familiar with the security-minded chat app Signal, thanks mainly to the news that DNC staffers had switched to using the app after the DNC was hacked in midsummer.

Facebook Messenger’s 1.3 billion users have already been told that its long-awaited and most critical security update is delayed. Now a major rival is taking advantage, with a brilliant new update ...